Attachment for eaves-troughs



W. GRAY.

ATTACHMENT FOR EAVES TROUGHS. APPLICATION men MAY 13, 1920.

1,373,333. Patented Apr. 5,1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patfitd Apr. 1921.

Application filed May 13, 1920. Serial No. 381,186.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GRAY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Rochester; in the county of Monroe and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachmentsfor Eaves-Troughs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provlde an attachment for eavestroughs, for the purpose of closing the ends of a trough. In a moreparticular aspect, the invention is intended to provide an integral orone-piece construction which can be quickly and easily attached to theend of a trough, and is held in place by frictional gripping action. 7

The customary practice heretofore has been to position a fiatsemi-circular plate within the trough at or adjacent to its end, andsecure it by soldering to the adjacent surface of the trough. Thisprocedure requires considerable time and even then does not alwaysproduce a satisfactory result. While some attempts have been made toconstruct a trough end which would be readily attachable, my improvementresides in making such a structure from a single or integral sheet orplate of metal, and imparting the required formation to the plate bysuccessive stamping operations. So far as I am aware, it is new to stampa device of this character from a single blank of metal, and form it soas to engage tightly with the trough.

The invention consists, in general, of a plate or sheet of approximatelysemi-circular formation to fit the curvature of an eaves trough, andhaving a flange along its curved edge. The flange just mentioned is bentupon itself to afford a groove or pocket which receives the end of thetrough, and the device is driven or forced upon the trough end and heldin place thereon by frictional engagement. The straight edge of theplate may be provided with a flange preferably coextensive therewith inorder to stiffen the device and give it maximum strength.

IVith these and other ends in view, the invention consists in theconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, the

novel features being pointed out in the claims'at I tion. In thedrawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of my improvementto an eaves trough of usual form, and

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of theattachment.

In the drawing, A designates the eaves trough with the usual stiffeningroll or flange B along one edge. a designates the end of the trough towhich the end closure is attached.

the end of the following descrip- 7 The end closure or attachmentcomprises a sheet or plate C of approximately semicircular form to fitwithin the trough. In order to afford means for frictionally grippingthe .end of the trough, the body portion C is provided along its curvededge with a flange bent upon itself affording an outwardly extendingportion 0 and an in: wardly extending portion 0. The walls 0 and 0afford between them a pocket or recess that receives the end a ofthetrough.

The walls 0 and 0 are preferably arranged in such spaced relationship toeach ready described.

IVhile I have described a particular embodiment of the invention, myimprovement is not limited to the details herein dis closed, but may bemodified without departing from the spirit. of theinvention, and

this application is intended to cover any such modifications as may comewithin the scope of the following claims.

I claim: 1 A one-piece end closure for V eaves troughs having a flangebent upon itself forming a groove for engaging the end of the trough.

2. An end closure for eavestroughs hav- 5 ing a flange at one edge bentupon itself forming a groove to receive the end of the M trough. i

3. An integral end closure for eaves troughs consisting of anapproximately- 10 semi-circular plate having a flange at its ourved edgehent upon itself forming a groove to receivethe end of the trough, and astiifening flange along its straight edge.

4;. An end closure for eaves troughs consisting of an approximatelysemi-circular 15 plate having a flange along its curved edge bent uponitself forming a groove to receive the end of the trough.

In Witness whereof I have hereuntosigned my name.

WILLIAM GRAY,

